Allison Leigh Tsao, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)
Attending Cardiologist, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Medicine
Contact information
3400 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education:
BS (Biomedical Engineering/ Materials Science & Engineering)
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 2007.
MD (Medicine)
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 2011.
Permanent linkBS (Biomedical Engineering/ Materials Science & Engineering)
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 2007.
MD (Medicine)
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 2011.
Selected Publications
Freddo AM, Mondal A, Tomlinson AZ, Eron M, Denduluri S, Farkas I, Partington S, Ruckdeschel E, Tsao AL, Mavroudis CD, Nuri M, Fuller S, Kim YY, Vaikunth S.: Comparison of Arrhythmia Prevalence and Incidence in Adult Patients with Lateral Tunnel and Extra-Cardiac Fontan Circulation. Pediatr Cardiol August 2025.Freddo AM, Eron M, Mondal A, Tomlinson AZ, Denduluri S, Partington S, Ruckdeschel E, Tsao AL, Mavroudis CD, Nuri M, Fuller S, Ortega-Legaspi JM, Kim YY, Vaikunth S.: Cardiac Medication Prescription Pattern and Association With Transplant-free Survival in the Adult Fontan Population. JACC Advances 4(9), Aug 2025.
Tsao AL, Colello S, Gillespie MJ: Transcatheter Repair of a Sinus Venosus Defect With a Modified Harmony Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Prosthesis. JACC Case Rep 30(9), May 2025.
Tsao AL, Shapeton AD: Requiem for Routine Self-Expanding TAVR Valves? A Commentary on the Comparative Analysis of Evolut PRO Versus Sapien Ultra Valves for Transfemoral Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Registry (OPERA-TAVI). J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 37(6): 849-851, Jun 2023.
Tsao AL, Boden WE: Chronic Total Occlusion PCI and Optimal Medical Therapy: Are We Still Putting the Cart Before the Horse? Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 16(3): e009604, Mar 2023.
Kazmi MA, Spitzmueller C, Yu J, Madera JM, Tsao AS, Dawson JF, Pavlidis I.: Search committee diversity and applicant pool representation of women and underrepresented minorities: A quasi-experimental field study. J Appl Psychol 107(8): 1414-1427, Aug 2022.
Aguilar M, Tsao AL, Croce KJ, Sauer W, Morrow DA, Tedrow UB: Percutaneous right ventricular assist device-supported ventricular tachycardia ablation in a patient with severe right ventricular dysfunction. HeartRhythm Case Rep 6(2): 72-76, Feb 2022.
Ganzer PD, Loeian MS, Roof SR, Teng B, Lin L, Friedenberg DA, Baumgart IW, Meyers EC, Chun KS, Rich A, Tsao AL, Muir WW, Weber DJ, Hamlin RL.: Dynamic detection and reversal of myocardial ischemia using an artificially intelligent bioelectronic medicine. Sci Adv 8(1): eabj5473, Jan 2022.
Tsao AL, Sperati CJ.: Cystic Kidneys in a Patient with Craniofacial Abnormalities. Kidney360 1(8): 882-883, Aug 2020.
Tsao AL, Faxon DP.: Fractional Flow Reserve: Does Sex Matter? JACC Cardiovasc Interv 12: 2047-2049, Oct 2019.